Facebook content moderator suing, claiming the job gave her PTSD
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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zm5mw5/facebook-content-moderation-lawsuit-ptsd
Scola’s lawyers say that she developed post traumatic stress disorder as a result of “constant and unmitigated exposure to highly toxic and extremely disturbing images at the workplace,” and allege that Facebook does not have proper mental health services and monitoring in place for its content moderators. The case was filed as a class-action lawsuit, but at the moment Scola is the only named plaintiff; the lawsuit names a potential class of “thousands” of current and former moderators in California.
we joke about it all the time but christ I didn't imagine it was so accurate
I do think it must be a pretty disgusting job, although I imagine this is more likely to be settled out of court than anything.
Think of all the child porn they have to delete every day.
"An outsider might not totally comprehend, we aren't just exposed to the graphic videos—you'll have to watch them closely, often repeatedly, for specific policy signifiers,” one moderation source told Motherboard.
“Someone could be being graphically beaten in a video, and you could have to watch it a dozen times, sometimes with others present, while you decide whether the victim's actions would count as self-defense or
not, or whether the aggressor is the same person who posted the video."
The source said they are “not surprised at all” that Facebook is now facing a lawsuit. “It’s definitely a thing that some coworkers and former coworkers speak of.”
Damn
Who knew that the guy who thinks women should be subjected to his cock in public would have such a well thought out hot take on a complex problem.
Both of those examples have access to mental health services.
Having been through the mental health system extensively myself, at least in the UK, I can say that, whilst it's not a magic fix and won't always be useful, having a support network and people who can pick up on signs that the person in question should think about quitting their job is crucial for something like this.
Because they supply mental health as part of their services to their officers and paramedics
How do so many of your posts come across so poorly thought out
In a job like this it's pretty much expected to have proper mental health services. What's the difference between this job and an evidence technician that has to category images of abuse, gore, violence, among other things that the average person has no idea about? Both have to manage extremely brutal videos, evidence, and closely watch them, making note of specific crimes and policies. A city can be held liable for the lack of mental health services for techs, why wouldn't FB be held to the same standard?
It probably will be settled, if anything, as Facebook probably want to avoid the PR. It's important to have moderators, but I do think that they should change their practices and start hiring mental health professionals to assist.
She is probably hoping to settle out of court.
The police very much do utilise mental health services though. I mean, one of the central plots of the fantastic film called The Departed revolved around it.
Nigga you would crying in the bathroom every lunch hour after a week of probably a quarter to half the shit she's watched. Also nobody signs up for anumal crulety or rape videos, contrary to popular beleif and there's a reason places like youtube and pornhub keeps these people on rotations, and facebook should be doing the same, god knows they can afford it.
and that's a big no-no ESPECIALLY when she more than likely knew the fucking risks
"hello fellow kids."
If by "keeping it real" you mean "making yourself look dumb and completely lacking in anything resembling empathy," sure.
You keep proving you have no idea what you're talking about and just dig in your heels whenever people point out you're actually wrong and explain why.
Well that explains a lot.
Did you happen to read the very piece of text right above this bit? Cause "fully functioning normal people" don't in fact regularly go watch videos about people dying oddly enough.
PTSD is never really instantaneous, but people can become trapped in employment for various reasons and I think her arguments for why they should have mental health professionals on hand is reasonable.
"...I dont think public masturbation is wrong nor should it be a crime." - Something a well adjusted individual would say
You certainly function, but I'm not sure about the 'fully' part. Your cock works though and that's great. I assume you use it to write your posts.
I WAS about to make some half-assed joke about "lul ptsd from the internet", but then I read this bit and felt bad. Jesus, who the fuck would even want a job that involved this shit?
To be honest, you didn't need to remove that. If that image were pasted across the entire Internet for eternity, it wouldn't be enough.
Are you a sociopath, like, seriously? How can you equate 'gross' stuff with people being raped and beaten up just says to me that you might need some mental health treatment of your own.
Mods please don't ban him, it's so funny.
Apparently he asked the mods how to delete his posts, haha. I wonder which ones in particular?
I think you're harping on this guys weird sexual opinions a bit too much.
I think his opinion is shit too but every other post is you talking about how he talked about public masturbation, and not actually contributing much to the conversation because you're just shit flinging.
I mean he also seems to think regularly going to a place like r/watchpeopledie is something fully functioning normal people do so it's pretty obvious he's completely out of touch with anything resemblingnormality.
Possibly, but I have been contributing too. I guess I just find it more amusing than everybody else. I'll stop with that now though - apologies.
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